Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-04-07

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Lee ssaeao he enhance Of the cave.
taking : pale anf probing some six
feeS Es7ouhd it made an abrupt an.
gle 70 Che right; the opening was bare
TX s9Rcient for common-sized man
- Snter; he CROPPED his way until it
beeame SO dark that he returned and
said that it opened out into what he be-
lieved to be large hall, and that he
could hear Charley running around
and whining, as though he was lost
and could not find his way out. We
sent to a neighboring house and pro
cured lantern, determined to rescue
Charley at all hazards. With lantern
in hand we both entered, compelled
to crawl on hands and knees for some
distance before we could walk erect;
the entrance turned first to the right,
then to the left. in a zigzag form.
Finally we met Charley, and his bark,
as it echoed and reechoed, astonished
US to such an extent that we raised
our lantern over our heads, which
threw bright light around.
We were in a large room ceiled on
all sides and overhead with rude clap
boards. Before US sat large table
with a mutilated pack of cards in the
centre; heavy wooden chairs around
the table; a couple Of large and rough
shop-made knives on one corner. AS
soon as we could collect our senses and
calm our staggered brains, We found We
were in a secret cave that had once
been occupied by band of outlaws,
but who or when, was the question.
Ia surveying the room, which was
1SxlS, We found in one corner a black
something. Holding the light close,
our blood was chilled. 1t was large
black man, his skin and flesh as dry
as those who, in ancient days, were
given passage with Charon. A large
and rough-made chain was locked
around his ankle and fastened to a
staple in the floor. In the opposite
corners laid the dried frames Of two
huge bloodhounds; in an old heavy
wooden box was found two old-fashion-
ed horse pistols with flint lock- they
had undoubtedly done service in the
revolution; there were also several
prIrs of handouts. We began to think
that we were in the RECON ofthe dsun
While looking on the rough wall there
We saw 1.-The handwriting" 1t was
John i. Murrell, 1925" We were
in the great outlaws den, we could
then see that the man chained had
been stolen by the old bandit
brought there and chained until they
could run him South and sell him
The presumption is that when the
cave was deserted he was alive; the
doom was sure, but what agony he
underweut-chained and alone-his
face. like Milton devil, "grinned hor-
rlbly a CHASTITY smile The blood
hounds had been kept for the pur-
pose of recapturing any slave that
might escape. As We were about ma
king our exit our companion, Lee,
called our attention to another OBJ
ject. We turned around, and he was
pale; and the lantern trembling in his
hand. he pointed under the table, and
there lay the form and dried frame of
another human being. Examining
close, it proved to be that of female.